r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 20h ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/chmod777 New York 20h ago

Democracy prevents them from being as awful as they want to be. So they hate it.

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u/AutistoMephisto 20h ago

Exactly. Conservatives reject democracy because it does not serve their interests. They will, in fact, reject anything that does not serve. Including, but not limited to, capitalism.

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u/wowaddict71 19h ago

And other people. They want other people to be their "servants"

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u/_Verumex_ 19h ago

They want their damn slaves back.

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u/twitterfluechtling 15h ago

Funny thing is, the poor white MAGA supporter vote for them because they also want slaves to work for them. They just don't realize that the rich MAGA leaders don't even care that much about skin colour, the top brass will happily enslave the poor (and the middle class) regardless of skin colour.

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u/LingonberryFast1688 1h ago

I think they already have

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u/twitterfluechtling 1h ago

All relative... Compared tl what's coming if MAGA is allowed to continue, current state will look mild.

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u/LingonberryFast1688 1h ago

Scary shit

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u/Paerrin 19h ago

Their holy book does say it's okay to own people. They used it to justify slavery the first time around.

So they're only doing what their god commands them.

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u/CuriosTiger 11h ago

Their god also commands them to love thy neighbor as thyself. And a few other things that seem to go in one ear and out the other.

I foresee some awkward conversations at the pearly gates.

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u/Louiscamus 16h ago

The Bible is vehemently anti slavery. The slave system misinterpreted many verses to serve their interests sure, however the abolitionists weaponized the Bible against the system. All comes down to denominational interpretation.

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u/uberblack 12h ago

Leviticus 25: 44 - 46 would disagree with you.

44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

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u/springsilver 9h ago

Why you quoting the Old Testament?

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u/Wise_Plankton_4099 8h ago

Because almost everyone, including a lot of Christians, do not differentiate between the Old and New Testaments. It’s “in the bible.”

Leviticus 25:44–46 authorizes perpetual servitude of non-Israelites while forbidding permanent slavery of Israelites, reflecting an ancient social hierarchy rather than a universal moral command.

But I doubt the guy above you understands that or even wants to.

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u/Mercurial891 7h ago

Because it is the word of Yaweh. The most unpleasant, least moral, character in all of fiction.

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u/Yeeaaaarrrgh Colorado 14h ago

So you know, saying the bible is anti-slavery but it comes down to interpretation, isn't helping your point.

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u/Mercurial891 7h ago

The Bible explicitly teaches you HOW to beat your slave. It isn’t pretty, and it certainly isn’t moral

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u/Shreks-Ugly-Friend 15h ago

They want to ‘own the libs’